Pardon My Politics

Opinions that once gave legal cover to the Bush administration's torture regime are ultimately branding both John Yoo and the administration as war criminals.

George W. Bush acknowledged that he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details of the CIA’s use of torture. “I’m aware that our national security team met on this issue and I approved,” he said. He also defended the use of waterboarding - simulated drowning where ...